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Given the Northrop Grumman/Scaled Composites Model 401 is 38 feet long with wingspan of 38 feet, its landing gear are going to be fairly close together compared to bombers, https://www.defensenews.com/air/201...s-reveals-mysterious-new-model-401-prototype/I doubt Model 401 wheel base is SO big.Possibly for Model 401. The chocks used in one of the hangars with B-21 were from the Northrop Model 401 test team. The lines may have been for the 401's main gear.Notice the blue lines on the floor are for the B-2's gear. So what vehicles are the red set and black set for? I would guess one of those sets are for the RQ-180 or whatever it's actually called.
See also: (bold in quote added by me) https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...mposites-mysterious-model-401-son-of-ares-jet
By around the end of the millennium, the plane was put into storage. It remained there until it was resurrected in 2008 to work as a flying testbed. Since then the pint-sized jet has been quite active and it has been spotted with extreme modifications that point to possible surrogate work for systems destined for stealthy unmanned aircraft.
ARES, now approaching 30 years old, was most recently seen at the LA County Air Show in Lancaster, California late last month.